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Book Gangsters  Wives

Download or read book Gangsters Wives written by Tammy Cohen and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind every good man is a good woman. But what lies behind every bad man? Gangsters' Wives tells the side of the story you didn't know--what it's like to live with Britain's most lawless men, from the women who married them. Devoted mum-of-three Judy Marks was imprisoned alongside her husband, notorious drug smuggler Howard Marks; while Flanagan, the first ever Page Three girl, found herself splashed across the papers as the fiancee of legendary East End villain Reggie Kray. Jenny Pinto, wife of gangster Dave Courtney, has given the police keys to their house to stop them breaking down the front door. In ten funny, moving, searingly honest first-person accounts, Gangsters' Wives tells you all you ever wanted to know about the lives and loves of the women who are, quite literally, married to the mob.

Book The Gangster s Wife

Download or read book The Gangster s Wife written by David Leslie and published by . This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "first published ... in 2009 by Mainstream Publishing Company"--Title page verso.

Book Library of Congress Subject Headings

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library of Congress Subject Headings

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Real Gangster s Wife

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Pageturner Publishing House
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 16 pages

Download or read book The Real Gangster s Wife written by and published by Pageturner Publishing House. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1988-08-15
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1988-08-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book The White City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karolina Ramqvist
  • Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
  • Release : 2017-02-07
  • ISBN : 0802189873
  • Pages : 131 pages

Download or read book The White City written by Karolina Ramqvist and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning Scandinavian novel of one woman’s struggle to pull herself and her daughter from the grasp of a criminal past. “A literary tour de force” (Mystery Scene). A celebrated bestseller in Sweden, and the winner of the prestigious Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize, The White City is an arresting story of betrayal and empowerment as a criminal’s girlfriend is left behind to pick up the pieces of her imploded existence. Karin knew what she was getting herself into when she fell for John, a high-flying wheeler-dealer. But she never imagined things would turn out like this: John is gone and the coke-filled parties, seemingly endless flow of money, and high social status have been replaced by cut telephone lines, cut heat, and cut cash. All that remains of Karin’s former life is the mansion he bought for her—and his daughter, the child Karin once swore she would never bring into their dangerous world. Now she is on her own with baby Dream. As the authorities zero in on organized crime, John’s shady legacy is catching up with her. Over the course of a few days, Karin is forced to take drastic measures to claim what she considers rightfully hers . . . “The ghostly Scandinavian setting and [protagonist] Karin’s closely narrated sense of impending doom . . . make Swedish star Ramqvist’s English-language debut an atmospheric and suspenseful read.” —Booklist

Book Gangs  Prisons  Parole   the Politics Behind Them

Download or read book Gangs Prisons Parole the Politics Behind Them written by Bobby Delgado and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delgado's expos sheds light on Texas gangs, the Texas prison system, the corrupt authority figures charged with running the Texas prison system, and the government figures determined to protect it.

Book A Gangster s Girl Saga

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chunichi
  • Publisher : Kensington Books
  • Release : 2007-11
  • ISBN : 9781601620248
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book A Gangster s Girl Saga written by Chunichi and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceazia Devereaux, obsessed with the finer things in life, starts her own escort service where she meets Virginia druglord Vegas and enters into a dangerous world of fast money, which she finds hard to escape.

Book New York Magazine

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1988-08-15
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1988-08-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book The Gangster s Wife

Download or read book The Gangster s Wife written by David Leslie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost four decades, Margaret 'Mags' McGraw was a keeper of secrets. Her husband, Tam, the notorious 'Licensee', amassed a fortune by leading a safe-cracking gang before masterminding a spectacular £50-million drugs racket. Mags was a devotee of Tarot cards and fortune telling, so when Tam and his associates wondered whether luck would be with them, it was to her that they turned. But Mags discovered that the cards warned of much more than years in prison cells: they predicted death. She learned that her own husband was also doomed to a fate that was unexpected by everyone but her: Tam died in the arms of the wife he called his 'rock' while her secret lover frantically tried to save him. In The Gangster's Wife, Mags reveals her gripping life story, from being a London clippie through often hilarious days running an ice-cream van during the infamous Glasgow Ice Cream Wars to managing a notorious bar, being agony aunt to the toughest criminals around, hiding a secret love and sharing a life with The Licensee.

Book She  the Accused

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  • Author : Indriyani Sawker
  • Publisher : Popular Prakashan
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9788171548200
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book She the Accused written by Indriyani Sawker and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of Violence  Peace  and Conflict

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Violence Peace and Conflict written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 2767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2nd edition of Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life. Building on the highly-regarded 1st edition (1999), and publishing at a time of seemingly inexorably increasing conflict and violent behaviour the world over, the Encyclopedia is an essential reference for students and scholars working in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies, and for those seeking to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change. Covering topics as diverse as Arms Control, Peace Movements, Child Abuse, Folklore, Terrorism and Political Assassinations, the Encyclopedia comprehensively addresses an extensive information area in 225 multi-disciplinary, cross-referenced and authoritatively authored articles. In his Preface to the 1st edition, Editor-in-Chief Lester Kurtz wrote: "The problem of violence poses such a monumental challenge at the end of the 20th century that it is surprising we have addressed it so inadequately. We have not made much progress in learning how to cooperate with one another more effectively or how to conduct our conflicts more peacefully. Instead, we have increased the lethality of our combat through revolutions in weapons technology and military training. The Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict is designed to help us to take stock of our knowledge concerning these crucial phenomena." Ten years on, the need for an authoritative and cross-disciplinary approach to the great issues of violence and peace seems greater than ever. More than 200 authoritative multidisciplinary articles in a 3-volume set Many brand-new articles alongside revised and updated content from the First Edition Article outline and glossary of key terms at the beginning of each article Entries arranged alphabetically for easy access Articles written by more than 200 eminent contributors from around the world

Book The Gangster Film Reader

Download or read book The Gangster Film Reader written by Alain Silver and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s the gangster film in the United States coincided with a very real and very sensational gangsterism at large in American society. Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932) borrowed liberally from the newspapers and books of the era. With the release of just these three motion pictures in barely more than a year's time, Hollywood quintessentially defined the genre. The characters, the situations, and the icons-from fast cars and tommy-guns to fancy fedoras and fancier molls-established the audience expectations associated with the gangster film that remain in force to this day. As with their Film Noir Reader series, using both reprints of seminal articles and new pieces, editors Silver and Ursini have assembled a group of essays that presents an exhaustive overview of this still vital genre. Reprints of work by such well-known film historians as Robin Wood, Andrew Sarris, Carlos Clarens, Paul Schrader, and Stuart Kaminsky explore the evolution of the gangster film through the 1970s and The Godfather. Parts 2 and 3 comprise two dozen newer articles, most of them written expressly for this volume by Ursini and Silver. These case studies and thematic analyses, from White Heat to the remake of Scarface to "The Sopranos," complete the anthology.

Book Gangster Priest

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Casillo
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2006-01-01
  • ISBN : 080209113X
  • Pages : 641 pages

Download or read book Gangster Priest written by Robert Casillo and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely acclaimed as America's greatest living film director, Martin Scorsese is also, some argue, the pre-eminent Italian American artist. Although he has treated various subjects in over three decades, his most sustained filmmaking and the core of his achievement consists of five films on Italian American subjects - Who's That Knocking at My Door?, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, and Casino - as well as the documentary Italianamerican. In Gangster Priest Robert Casillo examines these films in the context of the society, religion, culture, and history of Southern Italy, from which the majority of Italian Americans, including Scorsese, derive. Casillo argues that these films cannot be fully appreciated either thematically or formally without understanding the various facets of Italian American ethnicity, as well as the nature of Italian American cinema and the difficulties facing assimilating third-generation artists. Forming a unified whole, Scorsese's Italian American films offer what Casillo views as a prolonged meditation on the immigrant experience, the relationship between Italian America and Southern Italy, the conflicts between the ethnic generations, and the formation and development of Italian American ethnicity (and thus identity) on American soil through the generations. Raised as a Catholic and deeply imbued with Catholic values, Scorsese also deals with certain forms of Southern Italian vernacular religion, which have left their imprint not only on Scorsese himself but also on the spiritually tormented characters of his Italian American films. Casillo also shows how Scorsese interrogates the Southern Italian code of masculine honour in his exploration of the Italian American underworld or Mafia, and through his implicitly Catholic optic, discloses its thoroughgoing and longstanding opposition to Christianity. Bringing a wealth of scholarship and insight into Scorsese's work, Casillo's study will captivate readers interested in the director's magisterial artistry, the rich social history of Southern Italy, Italian American ethnicity, and the sociology and history of the Mafia in both Sicily and the United States.

Book Women and the Mafia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Giovanni Fiandaca
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2007-09-04
  • ISBN : 0387365427
  • Pages : 307 pages

Download or read book Women and the Mafia written by Giovanni Fiandaca and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The insightful essays in this book shine a new light on the roles of women within criminal networks, roles that in reality are often less traditional than researchers used to think. The book seeks to answer questions from a wide range of academic disciplines and traces the portrait of women tied to organized crime in Italy and around the world. The book offers up accounts of mafia women, and also tales of severe abuse and violence against women.

Book My Story

Download or read book My Story written by Judith Moran and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2005 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Moran is a remarkable survivor. Aged sixteen she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and was told she had twelve months to live. In remission, later she survived a horrific car accident. After meeting Lewis Moran she found herself at the centre of a gangland war in Melbourne.